The Ibanag language is spoken by 500,000 speakers in Cagayan Province in Northeast Luzon, Philippines. It is a prestigious Northern Cordilleran language closely related to other Cagayan Valley languages: Gaddang, Itawis, Agta, Atta, Yogad, and Isneg. The term "Ibanag" derives from the root bannag "river." meaning "from the river," as the original homeland of the Ibanag people is along the banks of the Cagayan River.

Most Ibanag speakers are proficient in Ilocano, the lingua franca of Northern Luzon, Tagalog, and English.

The Cagayan Anthem
Cagayan land, most beautiful to me,
You should always be here because you are so wonderful.
Should you be far away from me,
I would never forget you.

Cagayan, you're so lovely to watch.
Cagayan, you have no duplicate.
Regardless how beautiful other lands are,
You, whom I love, are always in my heart.

An Ibanag Serenade
Shiny flower, come, show your face
As a compensation for us who came here.
Come here where we are,
(Not to) those (other) musicians.
Whom we have met.
We hope you'll come
Where we are to search (for a lover).

Another Harana (Serenade)
Show your face, lovely flower
There in the bed
To look at us.
Please don't care
How poor we are,
For, indeed
I promise
That I will love you.

Before you were conceived.
In the womb of your mother, I thought.
I were swimming in a vast ocean.
Surrounded by big waves.
Please don't ask that death comes to me.
For you have not yet helped me.
For (what) I'm going to die now.

A scornful lovesong
Tell me the truth.
If you loved someone else.
Pitiful is my heart.
Which says that it loves you.

Don't go away from me.
Your love may truly be small.
How much may be its worth?
Only three centavos.

English Translation (not mine):
Once upon a time there were two friends. These two friends were a monkey and a turtle. One day they went for a walk along the seashore. When they were walking along the seashore, they saw a banana tree, and they two carried it along. When they arrived at their house, they divided it and the turtle took the trunk. The monkey however said: "The top is mine, in order that it may grow easily", and he took it. When they had planted it, for a long time they did not come to see it. One day they went to have a look, and to the misfortune of the monkey, his tree was dead, the banana tree which had only the top, but the one of the turtle was still alive. On that day the monkey was sad, but the turtle was happy. When the time came to bear fruit, after a long time, they went to see their banana tree, and the tree of the turtle had fruit! When the monkey went there, he climbed the banana tree. When he had climbed on it, the turtle begged: "Please give me, monkey." Because he did not give any, he started placing thorns at the trunk of the tree. When the turtle had placed the thorns, and when the monkey had come down, he was stung with thorns over his whole body. But the turtle went away and hid under a coconut shell. The monkey, stung by the thorns, went to sit down on the coconut shell, and the turtle bit his tail. When he had bitten him the monkey said: "Who is this?" He opened the coconut shell and saw the turtle. "Wait and I shall kill you!" said the monkey. "Wait and I'll throw you in the fire," he added. "That is good, because that is the place where I have many friends," said the turtle. "I shall throw you in the water then," said the monkey. "Have mercy, monkey, that is the place where I shall die!" the other said. He threw him in the water. The turtle was happy. "Don't you know that this is my home?!" he said to the monkey. The end.